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Mr. Hamperstein told me tonight I had a very insightful insight about Hillary and that I should write it down before I forget what I said, so as soon as everyone left, which was possibly because of me telling them not to flush the toilet because I’ve been having some problems with plug-ups lately, so I thought as long as I’m writing it down, I might as well write it down on an email and send it to you to see what you think of my insight. Oh, did I tell you I have your email number or whatever it’s called? Yes, I do, but don’t get mad at that nice girl who gave it to me because I told her I was your long-lost sister from Italy who hadn’t seen you since you were a baby and that I wanted to surprise you. They haven’t been gone even 15 minutes yet, but I didn’t want to waste any time because as Mr. Hamperstein said, whenever you think of something insightful, you’d better write it down because insights can disappear from your brain quicker than one of those telephone numbers they shout about four times in a row from a television commercial like the one I saw last night about a miracle weight loss pill. And wouldn’t you know it, by the time I found a ballpoint that still had any ink in it, I forgot the number.

So my insight about Hillary is that maybe it’s a good thing she is calibrating, like everybody says she is, especially Dottie. As soon as we started the discussion tonight, that’s all Dottie wanted to talk about, which was how calibrating Hillary is and how she can’t believe anyone could even think about voting for her, like of course I am. And Dottie knows it. I hear a lot of people on television call her calibrating, too, and it makes me mad they do, until tonight when I had to use the bathroom right in the middle of the discussion, and while I was in there, it hit me. What’s so wrong with calibrating? Don’t we want a president to be calibrating? Isn’t a calibrating president a lot better than having one who never thinks about what he’s doing? I could hardly wait to get back out to the discussion before they changed the subject, which Dottie does all the time before I get a chance to say my ideas. And wouldn’t you know it, that’s just what she had done while I was in the bathroom, shaking the flapper thingie in the tank so the toilet wouldn’t overflow. When I came out, Dottie was talking about how that awful Donald Trump was going to really shake things up when he’s president, and Mr. Ham-perstein was putting on his coat to leave because he hates Donald Trump almost as much as he hates Dottie. So I sort of blurted out that I’d a lot rather have a calibrating president than one who can’t even concentrate on anything longer than it takes to start another war, and what’s wrong with calibrat-ing, anyway? Or something like that. I can’t remember exactly how I put it because I was trying to say it fast enough that Dottie wouldn’t interrupt me. Like she does all the time. And that’s when Mr. Hamperstein said it was a very insightful insight and that I should write it down. Which I am doing right now.

So is this an insight you might be able to use? I know if anybody can, you can, Willy Billy. Oh, and also, this is Anonymous from the Cope’-Latest-Column Discussion Group, in case you haven’t figured that out, so you don’t have to worry about me telling anyone else your email number, or whatever it’s called, because I am very trusty about keeping secrets. Ask Dottie if you don’t believe me. She has been pestering me for your phone number ever since I told her I had it, but she can’t get it out of me, even when she threatens to tell the discussion group my secret recipe punch is really just apple juice mixed with Mountain Dew. That’s how trusty I am.

•••Wow, Anon! That’s the longest e-mail I’ve gotten this week. Or maybe ever. But to the point. Yes,

I agree with Mr. Hamperstein. Your insight is very insightful. But I’m wondering if, rather than “cali-brating,” you mean to say “calculating.” They are close, those two, only the former means—loosely—to refine the adjustments on something to ensure it’s running smoothly, while the latter is something they call women who dare to be smarter than they are. It’s thought to be a sign of deviousness, but if we really think about one who “calculates all the possibilities,” whether it be in her choice of words or what might come from a presidential decision, it is obviously something we would hope for from our leaders. No one can tell me that Abe Lincoln wasn’t calculating up a storm all the way through the Civil War. Or that FDR could have ended the Depression and won the war without calculating the hell out of things. Besides, we’ve tried a president who was so uncalculating, he was content to let Dick Cheney do all the calculating for him, and look where that got us.

Now Anon, as you have done something no other reader has done before—to finagle my email out of a first-day intern at Boise Weekly—allow me to give you my new address. It is bcope@takeafly-ingf***.org. Now, as you probably know, you must immediately wipe all traces of the old address—the one you used to reach me here—from both your computer and your memory, or the new email won’t work and your computer will crash and probably blow up. You don’t want that to happen, I’m sure. It’s worse than an overflowing toilet, any day.

ASK BILL ABOUT ITThey say ‘calcubrating’ like it’s a bad thing

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UNDA’ THE ROTUNDA

DEAR JOHNJohn Knudsen hopes the

Idaho Legislature will grant terminally ill Idahoans the

Right to TryGEORGE PRENTICE

The first thing you notice about John Knudsen is his eyes and how much they want to tell you. Unfortunately, the second, third and fourth things you notice is how amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease—has made his breathing labored and robbed him of his speech and strength. Com-pared to photos of Knudsen snapped several years ago when he worked as a bush pilot/state trooper in Alaska, it is hard to recognize the man sitting in a chair at his Boise home, his legs covered by a Boise State Broncos blanket.

“There’s nothing the doctors can do,” said Knudsen, followed by an uncomfortable silence.

Knudsen struggled for those words. A visi-tor—and there are few to the Knudsen house-hold—must lean in to decipher his speech. The ALS has caused muscle atrophy and occasional spasticity, impairing Knudsen’s diaphragm and tongue and making it difficult for him to breathe.

A year ago, Knudsen thought he still had ample breath to talk to Idaho lawmakers about his dilemma and the plight of thousands of Ida-hoans shackled to a fatal diagnosis. That’s when he wrote a letter.

“I was given the death sentence five years ago,” Knudsen wrote to members of the Idaho House and Senate on Feb. 16, 2015. “I urge you and your elected colleagues to pass a bill that would give myself and thousands of people some hope, if not a cure, from the hundreds of diseases that rob us of our lives.”

The letter sat in lawmakers’ inboxes, unan-swered until a few weeks ago, when Boise physi-cian Dr. James Quinn paid a visit to the Idaho Statehouse. Quinn and Knudsen have never met, yet they share an impassioned advocacy for the untold Idaho residents who deserve decency and respect in their final days.

“No, I had never heard of John Knudsen,” Quinn said when he first heard Knudsen’s story. “But his story is not uncommon. In fact, let me tell you a story…”

Quinn took a long breath, paused and looked down at his hands.

“My mother was diagnosed with ALS. I remember her asking, ‘Jim what can they do for me? Is there a cure? How long will it be for me to get better?’ I got weak in the knees,” Quinn said. “I said, ‘There’s nothing they can do.’ I told

her how it would progress; how she would have difficulty swallowing and breathing and then…”

Quinn took another long pause.“She died a year and a half later,” he said. “It’s

haunted me every day since.”In the course of his career, Quinn has served as

an orthopedic surgeon, an emergency care physi-cian, in general family practice and most recently at Advanced Clinical Research, working on new medications for dengue fever, smallpox, hyperten-sion and arthritis.

“But there’s something called ‘The Right to Try’ that more Idahoans need to know about,” he said. “It’s not new to the much of the rest of the country.”

In the past two years, as many as 24 states have enacted “right to try” laws, allowing terminally ill patients to access trial medications that have passed Food and Drug Administration safety tests but have not yet been given full FDA approval.

“Phase one tests the safety of the drug and its optimum doses,” said Quinn. “But phases two and three—where small- and big-group testing takes place—unfortunately, that’s taking as long as 16 to 18 years. Meanwhile, too many people are dying.”

Quinn made his way to the Statehouse and ultimately found himself in the office of House Rep. Melissa Wintrow (D-Boise).

“And as Dr. Quinn was talking to me about ‘Right to Try,’ I kept thinking to myself, ‘Where have I heard about this before?’ I looked into my old emails and even reached out to the Legislature IT staff to help find it,” Wintrow said. “Lo and behold, there was the email from John Knudsen from February 2015. I told my aide, ‘We need to find him as soon as possible.’”

Wintrow opened her letter to Knudsen with “Dear John, I have been working on this issue and

have a draft bill to propose to Health and Welfare. Can I come see you as soon as possible?”

Knudsen said yes and Wintrow told him about her plans to introduce Right to Try legislation. A hearing on the proposed legislation could convene as soon as Thursday, Feb. 18.

“The heart of the bill is to give someone personal autonomy over their own body,” said Wintrow. “But we live in a litigious society, so we need to release liability from the physician. We don’t want to penalize doctors. And to be clear, this is only for patients who have a documented terminal illness, and the drug has to make it through the first phase of the FDA safety process.”

Wintrow said she has spent the past few weeks meeting with representatives of Idaho insurance carriers, hospitals, physicians and pharmaceutical interests. To date, she said, she has received no pushback. More important, she added, has been the positive feedback from Republican leadership on the proposed legislation.

“There’s probably a good reason for that: One of the leading national advocates of Right to Try is the Goldwater Institute,” said Wintrow, referring to the conservative think tank that champions limited government. “I can’t tell you how many Republicans have told me, ‘Wow, you’re support-ing something from the Goldwater Institute?’”

While it’s difficult for Knudsen to express excitement, he said he’s anxious to see if the Legislature takes up the cause, even though he added, “It’s probably too late for me. It’s about others now.”

When and if the legislation is successful, Knudsen said he would love for Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter to sign it into law.

“Because I know Butch,” said Knudsen. “After I retired, I used to help out a bit on Butch’s farm. I would think he would remember me.”

IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ‘DEVELOPING POLICY’ ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

Fifteen months after a federal court recognized same-sex marriage in Idaho and eight months since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the ruling, the Idaho Department of Correction is still not in line with the constitu-tional mandate. However, IDOC officials said they are reviewing the department’s marriage policies and will soon “make any necessary changes to comply with legal requirements.”

A number of Idaho inmates at IDOC’s prison complex south of Boise told Boise Weekly they have been denied a same-sex wedding by several authorities, including the man in charge of the state’s largest prison facility, Idaho State Correctional Institution Warden Keith Yordy.

IDOC spokesman Jeff Ray said such requests are best forwarded to a facility’s Volunteer and Religious Activity coordinator, who works with prison managers to consider each request. More important, Ray confirmed IDOC is currently undergoing a review of its marriage policies, which should be com-pleted soon.

“Whenever we develop any policy, we take into account how it might impact the safe and secure operation of IDOC facilities,” said Ray, “but the department’s position is that same-sex marriage requests are on hold until a new policy can be developed by this spring.”

After a lengthy court battle in the now-landmark Latta v. Otter case, the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho found the state had relegated same-sex couples to a “stigmatized, second-class status” in its unconstitutional ban of gay marriage. Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter spent more than $80,000 on Idaho’s defense of the same-sex ban. Ultimately, Otter relented, saying he would no longer contest the ruling. In June 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 that same-sex marriage was legal in all 50 states.

“As a result of last summer’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling, state-level bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional,” said Ray.

Now, it’s a matter of IDOC catching up to reality.

—George Prentice

John Knudsen: “I was given the death sentence five years ago.”

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It started with a song. As hundreds of people—mostly young women and their moms—took their seats around the runway at the Boise Centre on the Grove Jan. 10, the Wedding Party Show fashion exhibi-tion began with the DJ cranking “Can’t Feel My Face” by pop band The Weekend, which had several songs featured on the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack.

And I know she’ll be the death of me, at least we’ll both be numb/ And she’ll always get the best of me, the worst is yet to come/ But at least we’ll both be beautiful and stay forever young, this I know/ This I know...

Gorgeous, young models strutted down the runway in stunning wedding dresses, lit by a web of white string lights overhead. An an-nouncer described to the audience each dress and tuxedo, available at various boutique bridal shops around Boise as “Can’t Feel My Face” played on.

She told me, ‘Don’t worry about it.’ She told me, ‘Don’t worry no

more.’ We both know we can’t go without it. She told me, ‘You’ll never be alone.’

One young woman sported a tutu-style dress that ended just below her knees, revealing a pair of brown leather boots. Her hair was jet black with swirls of blue throughout. Her bare shoulders and arms were covered in colorful tattoos.

I can’t feel my face when I’m with you, but I love it/ But I love it/ I can’t feel my face when I’m with you, but I love it/ But I love it.

On the woman’s arm was a 20-something guy in a fitted tux, wearing his hair in a man bun. At one point, he stopped his pretend bride and dug in his jacket pocket to produce a selfie stick with iPhone attached. The couple leaned in and snapped a photo of themselves on stage.

And I know she’ll be the death of me, at least we’ll both be numb.The models in the show exemplified what it means to live in a mil-

lennial culture, fueled by BuzzFeed, selfie sticks, tattoos, top knots,

beards, suspenders, upbeat club music and social media. Some of the grooms even busted a few moves on stage.

Except one thing: marriage isn’t on the agenda for an increasing number of millennials.

The fashion show left out the struggles plaguing many millenni-als—aged 18 to 34—such as crippling student debt, unaffordable health care and a general sense of apathy toward the tradition of marriage.

“We’re trying to stick with 18-year-old models all the way up to 41. They’ve either gotten married young and they’re divorced, heading into their second marriage, or they’re waiting to get married until they’re 30,” said Tina Tatum, who organized the fashion show. “That’s the demographic right now.”

Tatum has been putting on the fashion portion of the Wedding Party Show for nearly a decade. She said it has changed drastically in that time.

IT’S JUST A PIECE OF PAPERWhy millennials across the country—and in Idaho—are giving marriage the side-eye

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For example, she no longer features bridesmaids because most bridal shops are moving away from selling bridesmaid dresses. The same goes for flower girls and the mother of the bride.

Instead, she incorporates funkier gowns and a variety of models, run-ning the gamut of millennial fashion. She even tried to bring a dog wearing a bowtie into the show, but dogs aren’t allowed in the Boise Centre.

“The selfie stick, that was huge,” Tatum said. “We try to do different things that are shocking and fun, like the tumbling and breakdancing the grooms did. People want to have fun with their weddings. They’re not getting married in churches anymore.”

That is to say, if they’re getting married at all. Tatum said she married her high-school boyfriend, but that’s becoming increas-ingly rare.

“Everyone is trying to get their college degrees first,” Tatum said. “In Boise, it used to be you met your high-school sweetheart and got married. It’s not like that anymore. I have two daughters myself—18 and 21—and they’re not even close to wanting to be married. They don’t even want boyfriends.”

Tatum isn’t the only one feeling the shift. Kevin Roberts has been photographing weddings since the late 1990s. This was his 16th year manning a booth at the two-day Wedding Party Show, which this year drew about 1,700 attendees.

“I used to shoot close to 40 weddings per year,” Roberts said, peeling off strands of string cheese for a snack. “Now, it’s down to 25. That’s not my choice.”

Roberts has noticed couples have gotten older over the past decade. More of them are in their 30s now.

“Now, even the people I see here [at the Wedding Show] are in their 30s,” he said.

He’s disappointed by the decline in business. Since he was a teenager, Roberts’ life has revolved around wedding photography, starting when he worked in a lab developing prints.

“I like the couples you become friends with,” he said. “It’s like being in-vited to a party. Then, the bride comes running out to you as you’re walking across the parking lot after the wedding is over, just to ‘thank you.’ I say, ‘All your friends are in there, why are you wasting time on me?’”

Roberts was hopeful as he handed out his business cards to brides-

to-be, alongside dozens of other vendors promoting photo booths, wedding cakes, gowns, limo services, ceremony venues, hotels, flower arrangements and dance floors.

Ultimately, the numbers are stacked against him.

BUCKING TRADITIONOn a national level, the statistics paint a clear picture. According to

Bentley University, the median age for a first marriage was 20 for women

and 23 for men in 1960. Now, it’s 27 for women and 29 for men—and those are just the ones who decide to tie the knot.

A report by the Urban Institute predicts the marriage rate could drop to 70 percent, much lower than rates of marriage among baby boomers—91 percent. The Pew Research Center released a report in September 2014

stating 25 percent of millennials will probably never get married.The data in Idaho mirrors the national trends. According to the

Idaho Department of Health and Welfare’s Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, marriage rates among 18- to 34-year-old males in the state have decreased from 55.9 percent in 2003 to 43.7 percent in 2014. For Idaho females of the same age, the numbers go from 62.6 percent in 2003 to 49.5 percent in 2014.

Of the people married in Idaho in 2014, around 60 percent of them fell into the millennial age range. In 2003, that number was closer to 70 percent.

Ashley Hammond, 26, and Zac Nickel, 27, exemplify most every reason why millennials aren’t rushing into matrimony. The couple met at Borah High School and started dating the summer before their senior year. Nearly 10 years later, they’re still together.

They own a house and have two children—3-year-old Mirabel Hammond and 1-year-old Atticus Nickel—as well as a dog, three cats and better things to do than get married.

Zac is just finishing his fifth year of college, earning a degree in electrical engineering. Ashley is a social worker with the state. They

said they didn’t feel the need to get married before having their children, and it would have complicated their lives more to tie the knot.

“We didn’t necessarily intend to put it off so long, but it just wasn’t beneficial,” Ashley said. “I needed my health insurance; this was before the Affordable Care Act, and I would have gotten bucked off my dad’s if we were married.”

“And if we had gotten married, then I would have lost financial aid for school,” Zac added. “The Pell Grant—that’s thousands of

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The runway at this year’s Wedding Party Show hyped millennial fashion, complete with tattoos, selfie sticks and man buns.


dollars we would have lost. It’s the only way I’ve been able to pay for school without being 60-grand in debt.”

Every once in awhile, the couple—who have been engaged for eight years—would set a tentative date then watch the day come and go sans wedding. But they wanted kids, so they did what many couples do before jumping into the real thing: they got a dog.

The Labrador/beagle mix became their practice kid. “I remember getting the dog, thinking, ‘We’ll be

able to get our parenting style down along the way. Man, how cool, this dog is going to meet our kid someday,’” Zac said.

Three short months later, they found out Ashley was pregnant.

“That practice was short-lived,” Zac said.Even with the truncated adjustment period, Ashley

said marriage didn’t factor into their plans.“We didn’t feel compelled to get married just

because of the baby. To me, getting married because you have a baby—that doesn’t really lend itself to success,” she said. “You should get married because you want to get married, not because you fell into a position of becoming a family.”

“I don’t feel the need to declare our relationship to some god or government,” Zac added.

Not being a married couple does throw a few wrenches into Ashley and Zac’s lives. When their children were born, they had to take extra steps at the hospital for Zac to declare paternity so he could be on their birth certificates. It included a lot more paperwork.

When they bought their house, Ashley wasn’t allowed to be on the homeowner’s warranty. When she called to set it up and found out the company needed permission from Zac to talk to her, she “did not have nice words to say about that.”

“Are you kidding me?” she said. “I bought this house, too.”

They even have to be registered on the title of each other’s cars.

The other day, Zac went to pick up the couple’s engagement rings from Kay Jewelers and because he didn’t have the little yellow work order with him, and because his last name did not match Ashley’s, the jeweler wouldn’t give him the rings.

While she was quick to point out the suffering was far from similar, Ashley said some of the hassles of having a family and owning a home without being married, “I feel like it’s similar to the things people in same-sex relationships had to deal with before same-sex marriage was legal.”

Ashley went to the Wedding Show Party one year, but quickly realized it was not her scene.

“I can’t stand bridal culture,” she said. “Spend thousands of dollars for one day? I’m not going to do that. Why would I spend thousands of dollars on flow-ers? They’re just going to die.”

THE EXCEPTIONIn only one place in the state does the marriage

trend among millennials not track with the rest of the data.

“There is a stark difference between eastern Idaho and the rest of the state,” said Dr. Gesine Hearn, Sociology Department chair at Idaho State University in Pocatello.

Hearn pointed out the overall marriage age in the United State is high—almost 30—but in eastern Idaho, the age for marriage is “unusually low.”

“It’s at least two or three years younger in eastern Idaho,” she said.

It has to do with the higher Mormon population on that side of the state. For doctrinal reasons, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints tend to marry younger, regardless of the rest of the country. The marriage rate is also higher, according to Hearn.

Hearn has been at Idaho State for 15 years now, and she has a few ideas of why marriage rates are on the decline among millennials—besides economic pressures from student loan debt and low-paying jobs.

“There’s been a deinstitutionalization of marriage,” Hearn said. “There are less rules now—who to marry, when, how. There are less norms within marriage. The other thing sociologists are discovering right now is that millennials just aren’t taking marriage seriously anymore. There are other forms of commitment. Many people call their spouses ‘partners’ and they question the value of marriage altogether. It’s an ongoing ques-tion of the role marriage has in our society.”

She said one exception to the decline came when gay marriage was legalized. In that case, decades of

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struggle culminated with same-sex couples enjoying the same benefits as married heterosexual couples. As many as 100 marriage licenses were issued to same-sex couples in Ada County alone on Oct. 15, 2014, the day gay marriage was made legal in the state.

“It’s a symbol of accomplishment to the [LGBT] community,” Hearn said.

While Mormons marry for religious reasons and same-sex couples marry to right years of discrimina-tion, millennials as a whole seem content to avoid the hitching post in order to maintain their independence.

“Individualism is prevalent among millennials,” Hearn said. “Millennials are thought of as self-centered and rational, and the same ideas come into play when it comes to marriage.”

Strangely enough, Hearn said she’s heard of some millennials entering into “starter marriages”—mar-riages they know won’t last, but will help them obtain better job prospects and better loans for homes.

“That’s a trend among yuppies,” she said. “The clear intent is rationality. It’s better for your career and life, but it won’t be your last marriage.”

Living in eastern Idaho, amid a sea of young women excited to plan their weddings with their future husbands, has had an effect on Hearn’s daughter, who just graduated high school.

“Out here, you feel weird if you’re 30 and not mar-ried,” Hearn said. “All of my daughter’s friends are getting married and having babies and she wonders, ‘What’s wrong with me?’ I tell her to hold her horses. Given how long we live these days, marriage can last a long time with one person. She has plenty of time to hang out with a partner the rest of her life.”

HERE (FINALLY) COMES THE BRIDE One evening back in 2008, Zac took Ashley to a

nice dinner at Asiago’s Italian restaurant downtown. He could hardly contain his nervousness for what would happen next.

“I did the whole down-on-one-knee thing, but my voice was very high-pitched and squeaky,” Zac said. “I was super nervous.”

“I couldn’t really hear him,” Ashley said.“It was super awkward,” Zac continued. “I

couldn’t have timed it worse. It’s a pretty small res-

taurant and the waiter was right in the area trying to serve food to another table and I was in the middle of the aisle down on one knee. But the dinner was good, I remember that.”

More important, was Ashley’s answer: “Yes.”Now, eight years later, the couple has finally

decided it’s time. With Zac graduating from college in May, he won’t need financial aid anymore. Now that Ashley works for the state, Zac will be able to join her health insurance plan.

So the couple set their wedding date for Septem-ber—for real this time—and plan to tie the knot near the bank of the Snake River. Keeping with their lack of reverence for tradition, their marriage will be anything but typical.

For example, Ashley and Zac plan to walk down the aisle together. Ashley said it’s a partnership.

“Why should he be standing up there, waiting for me to walk up to him?” she said.

Ashley won’t be given away by her father (“I’m not property”), she won’t wear a veil and she plans to add a splash of color to her wedding dress (“Let’s face it, I’m not fooling anybody”).

She won’t toss a bouquet—hers will be made of fabric rather than flowers—she won’t wear a garter and they won’t be married by a minister. Instead, they picked a mutual friend (a “feminist and an atheist”) to officiate the wedding. It’ll be small—50 people or so—and they won’t have a first dance.

They also won’t have a wedding registry.“My grandma keeps asking me what I want and

if we want new dish sets and crystal,” Ashley said, “and I’m like, ‘What? No. We have dishes. They work fine. They do their job.’ We don’t need another toaster. We own a house together.”

They could have gotten married at the court-house, but Ashley said they’ve been together for 10 years now and that warrants a party. After their wedding, the couple will jet off—without the kids—to Ashley’s grandmother’s timeshare in the Virgin Islands for a week.

“There’s not going to be much of a difference,” she said. “It’s like, a piece of paper. What’s that going to change?”

“Right,” Zac agreed. “It’ll be a good, fun time; a vacation; and a piece of paper.”

Ashley Hammond will finally put on her wedding gown this September, after being with her boyfriend for a decade.


CALENDARWEDNESDAYFEB. 10Festivals & Events

CONSTELLATIONS COL-LABORATION: STARS ON STAGE—This two-part

event hosted by Discovery Center of Idaho and Boise Contemporary Theater explores the science be-hind the theories discussed in the play Constellations by Nick Payne, running through March 5. Part 2 takes place Feb. 17, with a post-performance discussion. 6 p.m. $15. Discovery Center of Idaho, 131 Myrtle St., Boise, 208-343-9895, dcidaho.org.

On Stage

BCT CONSTELLATIONS PRE-VIEWS—The new play by Nick Payne is the story of a brilliant physicist, her chance encounter with a beekeeper, and the infinite possibilities of love. YPreviews nightly through Feb. 12. Opening night is Saturday, Feb. 13, with performances through March 5. 8 p.m. $16-$18. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-

331-9224, bctheater.org.

BROADWAY IN BOISE: THE ILLUSIONISTS—Coming live from Broadway to the Morrison Center, the Illusionists promise to bring acts of levitation, mind-reading, disappearance and a four-minute water torture escape. 7:30 p.m. $37.50-$60. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-1110, mc.boisestate.edu.

OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORTS—The Center and the Magic Lantern present the Oscar-nominated films in the category of Live Action shorts (Feb. 10), Animated Shorts (Feb. 11) and Documentary Shorts (Feb. 17-18). 7 p.m. $10-$12. Magic Lantern Cinemas, 100 E. 2nd St., Ketchum, 208-726-3308, sunval-leycenter.org.

RIDERS IN THE SKY—By definition, empirical data and critical acclaim, Riders

in the Sky stand hats and shoulders above the rest of the purveyors of “Comedy and Western.” 9 p.m. $27.50-$39.50 adv., $30-$42 door. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-0454, 208-387-1273. emporiumpresents.com.

Citizen

EARLY LEARNING RALLY—Send a message to our state legislators

that high-quality early learning is a priority issue. Hosted by the Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children. 12 p.m. FREE. Idaho State Capitol Building, 700 W. Jefferson St., Boise, 208-433-9705. idahoaeyc.org.

Literature

READ ME TREASURE VALLEY—The popular communitywide read-ing project is back, featuring The Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline. Everyone in the community is invited to read this novel, and come together to experience a full slate of events sure to enlighten, educate and spark both quiet introspection and lively discussion. html Through March 13. FREE. readmetv.com/event-calendar.

Food

PROST! STARKBIER FEST—Check out Prost! Boise’s inaugural Starkbier

Fest. This Lent tradition dates back

to the Middle Ages, when monks would fast from Ash Wednesday through Easter Sunday. Celebrate their sacrifice by consuming deli-cious strong biers. Daily through Feb. 14. 11:30-2 a.m. FREE. Prost! Boise, 274 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-336-9395, prostboise.com.

THURSDAYFEB. 11Festivals & Events

BOISE ROCK SCHOOL ADULT NIGHT—Get your rock star on by joining

a small band with a rock school teacher, and perform one song in a mini “battle of the bands.” The theme is Starman, aka David Bowie. Open to any adult of any ability. 7:30 p.m. $10. Boise Rock School, 1404 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-572-5055, boiserockschool.com.

THE STATE OF THE HIS-PANIC COMMUNITY IN IDAHO LUNCHEON—The

Idaho Hispanic Chamber of Com-merce presents a luncheon for all to unite, learn and discuss the im-pact the Hispanic Community has in the state of Idaho and across the nation. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. $15-$20.

Riverside Hotel, 2900 Chinden Blvd., Garden City. 208-323-1337, idahohcc.org.

BROADWAY IN BOISE: THE ILLU-SIONISTS—7:30 p.m. $37.50-$60. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-1609, box office: 208-426-1110, mc.boisestate.edu.

COMEDIAN NATHAN BRANNON— 8 p.m. $10. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

OSCAR-NOMINATED ANIMATED SHORTS—7 p.m. $10-$12. Magic Lantern Cinemas, 100 E. 2nd St., Ketchum, 208-726-3308. sunval-leycenter.org.

Workshops & Classes

WRITING CREATIVE FAMILY AND LOCAL HIS-TORY—Learn how to write

factual, engaging family and local histories from Steve Barrett, an Idaho State Historical Society archi-vist. The final topic in the series is Writing Fiction Based on Historical Fact. No reservations are required. 7-8:30 p.m. Continues through Feb. 11. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-972-8200, boisepubliclibrary.org.

Citizen

ADVOCACY CAN CHANGE THE COURSE OF PUBLIC POLICY—Join Lisa Maatz, American Association of University Women vice president for government relations, as she shares insights and ideas on how you can get involved and effect change. 5:30-8 p.m. FREE program, $25 dinner. Riverside Hotel, 2900 Chinden Blvd., Garden City. 208-871-0221, boise-id.aauw.net.

CHILD MEDICAL NEGLECT AND FATALITIES—Check out this panel presentation and town hall discus-sion on the subject of child medical neglect with a focus on fatalities that have occurred in Idaho. 5:30 p.m. FREE. Idaho State Capitol Building, 700 W. Jefferson St., Boise, 208-433-9705, capitolcom-mission.idaho.gov.

WEST BENCH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEET-ING—7 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library at Cole and Ustick, 7557 W. Ustick Road, Boise, 208-972-8300. wbnaboise.org.

Color us thirsty.

BRAIN BUTTER AND PBRAccording to a study from the University of Illinois at Chicago,

subjects with a blood alcohol content of .071-.082 perform faster-than sober subjects on tests related to changes in visual scenes and word association. That’s right: booze makes you more creative.

Put that theory to the test Thursday, Feb. 11 with Brain Butter and PBR at 10th Street Station—a coloring contest featuring the adult coloring book Brain Butter, illustrated by local artists Noble Hardesty and Kelly Knopp. For $20 you’ll get a book and a Pabst, and a chance to win some schwag. The event is 21+ and, while some supplies will be provided, entrants are encouraged to bring their own. Just remember, that creativity boost maxes out at .08 BAC. Any higher and you’ll have trouble staying inside the lines.

7 p.m., $20. 10th Street Station, 104 N. 10th St., 208-344-2677, tenthstreetstation.com.

THURSDAY, FEB. 11

Shhhhh. No talkies.

BOISE PHIL: SILENT MOVIES WITH BEN MODELThe Egyptian Theatre is going back to its roots as a 1920s-era

movie house with a special screening Saturday, Feb. 13 featuring early silent films dating from the teens and ’20s.

The Boise Philharmonic and special-guest organist Ben Model will perform original pieces to accompany classics such as The Immi-grant, featuring Charlie Chaplin (1917); Ask Father (1919); Dog Shy (1926); and Fatty and Mabel Adrift, which stars Fatty Arbuckle and celebrates its 100th birthday this year. Completing the period au-thenticity, Model will even play on the Egyptian’s original organ while Youth Orchestra Director Deanna Tham will conduct the ensemble.

Pop on your pan brim tourist or top-notch toque and settle in for a century-old cinema experience.

8 p.m.; $10-$15 adv., $20 door. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise. 208-344-7849, boisephil.org.

SATURDAY, FEB. 13

Victory lap.

CUPID’S UNDIE RUNImagine the quintessential Valentine’s Day date: a table set for

two with flowers, a bottle of fine red wine to share, accordion music in the background. It sounds quiet—too quiet.

For those of us more inclined to group activities, there’s Cupid’s Undie Run.

Cut right to the Valentine’s Day chase by getting half naked and running/dancing/skipping through downtown Boise with your amore and hundreds of your best friends at noon, Saturday, Feb. 13. The national event raised more than $3.5 million last year for The Children’s Tumor Foundation; this year, register for the event as a team to help raise $5 million more. Winners go home with custom skivvies, embroidered bathrobes and Timbuk2 packs.

Noon-4 p.m. FREE. Tom Grainey’s, 109 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-345-2505, cupidsundierun.com.

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MARC ‘SKIPPY’ PRICE IS STILL STANDING (UP)

“Friend zone” was coined during a 1994 episode of Friends, when Joey tells Ross he may have waited too long to let Rachel know how he feels about her (spoiler alert: they eventually end up together). It may have been the first time we heard the term, but it wasn’t the first time we saw a dorky sitcom nerd in the throes of unrequited love. For the full 1982-1989 run of NBC’s ’80s tentpole Family Ties, comedian Marc Price played Irwin “Skippy” Handelman, the neighbor kid with a crush on Mallory Keaton (Justine Bateman). Price was only 14 when Family Ties went on the air and, like so many of his fellow child actors, when his show ended, Hollywood didn’t really have a place for him. Rather than go the way of so many of his fellow child actors, Price turned back to his first love: stand-up.

“I’ve been doing this a long time,” Price said. “I don’t want to age myself, but I started young.”

The comedian isn’t joking. At age 9, he opened for his father, who was a classic Catskills comic. At 14, Price performed on The Merv Griffin Show, which is what sparked his seven-year stint as Skippy. Now at 48, the seasoned comedian is

sharing his stand-up knowl-edge with the next generation: Price and Boise’s Funniest Person 2014 winner Kaz Gable are hitting the road for a short Idaho tour, playing Jerome, Pocatello, Stanley, Ketchum and Twin Falls, and ending with a one-night only show in Boise at Liquid on Tuesday, Feb. 16 (show starts at 8 p.m., tickets are $15). As far as Price is concerned, he’ll get as much out of work-ing with Gable as the young comedian will—including

enjoying Idaho’s outdoor recreation. “The best way to do [a tour] right now is to do it

with somebody that you enjoy their company and have a good time with,” Price said. “This is more like a vacation than a tour.”

—Amy Atkins

CULTURE/EXTRA

older). Sign up for the fun run on Saturday from 10 a.m.-noon, and return by noon. Meet, greet and eat from 5-9 p.m., followed by a raffle ($1-$10) and live music by Spike Goggins (21 and older). 9 p.m. $10. Mountain Village Resort, 3 Eva Falls Ave., Stanley, 208-774-3661, mountainvillage.com.

BBP BIKIN’ FOR LOVIN’—Join the Boise Bicycle Project at the shop for a Crooked Fence beer before cy-cling over to Boise Fry Company for more drinks, eats, photo ops and a raffle. Then cap off the evening at the Spacebar Arcade afterparty, beginning at 10 p.m.. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Boise Bicycle Project, 1027 Lusk St., Boise, 208-429-6520. facebook.com.

On Stage

4TH ANNUAL CLUMSY FEST—What’s better than a double dose of Clumsy

Lovers and friends on Valentine’s Weekend? Friday’s festivities include a pickin’ circle and square dance, while Saturday features two electrified sets by Clumsy Lovers. 7:30 p.m. $7. Humpin’ Hannah’s, 621 Main St., Boise, 208-345-7557.

BOISE CLASSIC MOV-IES: SAY ANYTHING—7 p.m. $9 online, $11 door.

Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-0454, 208-387-1273, boiseclassicmovies.com.

CARAVAN OF GLAM—Portland, Ore.’s own queer cabaret hits town to spice

up your Valentine’s weekend. You’ll enjoy drag, burlesque (male and female), acrobats, comedians, live singers, gymnasts and sideshow performers. 9 p.m. $10. Balcony Club, 150 N. Eighth St., Ste. 226, Boise, 208-336-1313, thebal-conyclub.com.

COMEDIAN NATHAN BRANNON— 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $12. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

ENCORE THEATRE: TONS OF MONEY—7:30 p.m. $10. NNU Little Theatre, 550 Holly St., Nampa. 208-861-8839, home.encoreetc.org.

MODERN CLASSICS: BOISE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA—Featur-ing The Chimera Duo. 6:30 p.m. $5-$15 adv., $5-$18 door. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-343-1871, sapphireboise.com.

THE SUN NEVER SETS ON THE COOL COMEDY SHOW—Comedian Sean Peabody headlines, with sup-port from Vijay Das, Mikey Pullman and host Stephanie Ann Mason. 9 p.m. $10. Neurolux, 111 N. 11th St., Boise, 208-343-0886, neurolux.com.

Workshops & Classes

VALENTINE’S TANTRIC MASSAGE WORKSHOP—Improve your love connection this Valentine’s Day at this special couples massage workshop. Space is limited; reserve your place today by phone or online. Joyous Pathways Institute 209 E. Washakie 7-9:30 p.m. $100 per person. 208-918-2099, joyouspath-ways.com.

Food

HUSTON VINEYARDS WINE AND CHOCOLATE WEEKEND—Stop by Huston Vineyards along the Sun-nyslope Wine Trail for tastes of their world-class wines paired with choco-late from Dream Chocolate of Boise. Feb. 12-15, noon-5 p.m. $TBA. Huston Vineyards, 16473 Chicken Dinner Road, Caldwell, 208-455-7975. hustonvineyards.com.

ST. MICHAEL’S LENTEN LUNCHES—Serving soups, salad, cheese bread and homemade pies Fridays through March 18. Fridays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Continues through March 18. $6.50. St. Michael’s Episcopal Cathedral, 518 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-342-5601.

WILLIAMSON WINE AND CHOCOLATE WEEKEND—William-son’s will be pouring five delicious wines paired with chocolates and caramels from Wieser Classic Candy Company and The Chocolat Bar. Plus, buy three bottles of any red wine and get a bottle of Late Harvest Viognier FREE. Feb. 12-15, 12-5 p.m. $5 tasting fee. Williamson Orchards and Vineyards, 19692 Williamson Lane, Caldwell, 208-459-7333, willorch.com.

ZHOO ZHOO VALENTINE’S OPEN HOUSE—Join the Zhoo Zhoo sisters for wine tastings, sweet treats, and to pick up something special for your special someone. Featuring Hells Canyon and Zhoo Zhoo wines; discounts from both wineries on bottle purchases. Noon-5 p.m. $5-$7. Hell’s Canyon Winery, 18835 Symms Road, Caldwell, 208-454-3300, hellscanyonwinery.org.

SATURDAYFEB. 13Festivals & Events

GLOBAL COMMUNITY MARKET—Find a taste of the world in the heart of

downtown. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. FREE. Trailhead, 500 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-344-5483.

THATCAMP BOISE STATE—The fourth THATCamp Boise State explores the theme “Access, Em-powerment and Expression.” Break-fast and lunch provided. Space

Food

BOISE ROTARY FIRKIN FROLIC BEER FEST—Join the Rotary Club of Boise

for their inaugural Firkin Frolic fundraiser, featuring specialty beers from Boise Brewing, Bier:Thirty, Barbarian and Bear Island. 4:30 p.m. $20. Basque Center, 601 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-331-5097 or 208-342-9983. boiserotary.org.

CREATE COMMON GOOD VALEN-TINE’S DAY SUPPER CLUB—Treat yourself to a magical and meaning-ful three-course Valentine’s Day din-ner created by guest chef and Boise local Dan Ansotegui. 6-9 p.m. $95. Create Common Good Kitchen, 2513 S. Federal Way, Ste. 104, Boise, 208-258-6800. createcom-mongood.org.

FRIDAYFEB. 12Festivals & Events

2016 SALMON RIVERSNOWMO-BILER’S BALL AND FUN RUN—Festivities kick off Friday night with a comedy show featuring Marc Price and Kaz Gable ($10; 21 and

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is limited; registration requested. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Boise State Student Union Building, 1910 Uni-versity Drive, Boise. 208-426-1270, boisestate2016.thatcamp.org.

BOISE PHILHARMONIC: SILENT MOVIES WITH BEN MODEL—Join the

Boise Philharmonic and composer-organist Ben Model for a blast to the past with movies from the Golden Age of cinema. 8 p.m. $10-$15 adv., $20 door. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise. 208-344-7849, boisephil.org.

COMEDIAN NATHAN BRANNON— 8 & 10 p.m. $10-$12. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

ENCORE THEATRE: TONS OF MONEY—7:30 p.m. $10. NNU Little Theatre, 550 Holly St., Nampa. 208-861-8839, home.encoreetc.org.

LOVE AND LAUGH VALENTINE’S DINNER AND COMEDY SHOW—Featuring four-course dinner with champagne and entertainment by comics Todd Johnson and Ryan Wingfield. 7p.m. and 10 p.m. $45-$99. The Playhouse Boise, 8001 W. Fairview Ave., Boise, 208-779-0092, playhouseboise.com.

SATURDAY NIGHT IMPROV—7:30 p.m. $5-$25. Treasure Valley Children’s Theater, 703 N. Main St., Meridian. 208-991-4476, facebook.com/improvtraining.

Food

HUSTON VINEYARDS WINE AND CHOCOLATE WEEKEND—12-5 p.m. $TBA. Huston Vineyards, 16473 Chicken Dinner Road, Caldwell, 208-455-7975. huston-vineyards.com.

WILLIAMSON WINE AND CHOCO-LATE WEEKEND—Why not treat your sweetheart to a r12-5 p.m. $5 tasting fee. Williamson Orchards and Vineyards, 19692 Williamson Lane, Caldwell, 208-459-7333, willorch.com.

ZHOO ZHOO VALENTINE’S OPEN HOUSE—Join the Zhoo Zhoo sisters for wine. Noon-5 p.m. $5-$7. Hell’s Canyon Winery, 18835 Symms Road, Caldwell, 208-454-3300, hellscanyonwinery.org.

Sports & Fitness

CUPID’S UNDIE RUN—This Valentine’s Day weekend, put the hilarity in

charity with hundreds of half-naked runners taking to the streets for a 1-mile fun run in celebration of their fundraising for the Children’s Tumor Foundation. 12 p.m. By donation. Tom Grainey’s, 109 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-345-2505. cupidsund-ierun.com/city/boise.

SUNDAYFEB. 14Festivals & Events

BOISE DEPOT PHOTO EXHIBIT AND TOURS—Check out photography by

Bill Grange. While there, you can also take a FREE historic depot tour with expert Eriks Garsvo, at noon and 1:30 p.m. Tours fill up fast; reserve your spot at eventbrite.com. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Boise Train Depot, 2603 W. Eastover Terrace, Boise, parks.cityofboise.org.

ROMANCING THE PEN—Stroll through the site with your Valentine and find the

true meaning of “ball and chain.” Admission fees are 2-for-1 all day. Last admission 7 p.m. 12-8 p.m. $3-$6 and 2-for 1 admission. Old Idaho State Penitentiary, 2445 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-334-2844. history.idaho.gov/old-idaho-penitentiary.

On Stage

COMEDIAN NATHAN BRANNON— 8 p.m. $10. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

FRANKLY BURLESQUE—8 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon, 513 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-6344, facebook.com/PengillysSaloon.

MORRISON FAMILY THEATRE SERIES: THE LIGHTNING THIEF—Adapt-

ed from the book by Rick Riordan, the on-stage production features Percy Jackson and the mythological monsters and gods of Mount Olym-pus. 2 p.m. $9.50. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-1110, mc.boisestate.edu.

Food

HUSTON VINEYARDS WINE AND CHOCOLATE WEEKEND—Wine and chocolate. ’Nuff said. Noon-5 p.m. $TBA. Huston Vineyards, 16473 Chicken Dinner Road, Caldwell, 208-455-7975. huston-vineyards.com.

WILLIAMSON WINE AND CHOCO-LATE WEEKEND—12-5 p.m. $5 tasting fee. Williamson Orchards and Vineyards, 19692 Williamson Lane, Caldwell, 208-459-7333, willorch.com.

ZHOO ZHOO VALENTINE’S OPEN HOUSE—Join the Zhoo Zhoo sisters for wine. Noon-5 p.m. $5-$7. Hell’s Canyon Winery, 18835 Symms Road, Caldwell, 208-454-3300, hellscanyonwinery.org.

MONDAYFEB. 15Festivals & Events

BOISE AT HOME OPEN HOUSE—Join the nonprofit agency formed to help

local seniors “age in place” in their own homes for the launch of their services. 1-3 p.m. FREE. Boise at Home, 1009 W. Fort St., Ste. 2, Boise, 208-297-0730, boiseathome.org.

BPL HOLIDAY CLOSURE—All locations of the Boise Public Library will be closed Monday, Feb. 15, in observance of Presidents’ Day. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-972-8200, boise-publiclibrary.org.

TUESDAYFEB. 16Festivals & Events

IDAHO BUSINESS AND TECH-NOLOGY EXPO—Learn about the latest technology applications and business resources at this FREE expo. Visit ibleventsinc.com for a complete list of activities. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. Riverside Hotel, 2900 Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-343-1871. ibleventsinc.com.

On Stage

COMEDIAN MARC “SKIPPY” PRICE—You may remember him as

Skippy from the hugely popular ’80s NBC sitcom Family Ties. Now you have one night only to find out why Marc Price is known for come-dy the Boston Globe calls “wickedly funny.” 8 p.m. $15. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

Workshops & Classes

ACUPUNCTURE WORK-SHOP—Learn how acu-puncture alleviates pain,

builds immunity, and maintains vibrancy using the ancient holistic science of traditional Chinese medicine. All ages welcome. 6-7:30 p.m. FREE. Garden City Library, 6015 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-472-2941, notaquietlibrary.org.

CALENDAR

MILD ABANDONBy E.J. Pettinger

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk.

L A S T W E E K ’ S A N S W E R SGo to www.boiseweekly.com and look un-der odds and ends for the answers to this week’s puzzle. And don’t think of it as cheating. Think of it more as simply double-checking your answers.

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Infamous Stringdusters visit Boise, home to one helluva

fiddle playerJESSICA MURRI

One of the last times bluegrass quintet The Infamous Stringdusters came to Boise, the band members hauled large rafts to Barber Park on the Boise River, strapped on some rented lifejackets and set off paddling down the most floated stretch of river in Idaho.

Along the way—with the help of Idaho Rivers United, Idaho River Sports, the Winter Wild-lands Alliance and a handful of volunteers—the Nashville-based band spent the day in Boise cleaning up trash along the river as part of its summer 2013 American Rivers Tour.

By the end of the four-hour float, the group had filled 20 trash bags with plastic and glass bottles, beer cans, shoes, sunglasses, cigarette butts, tennis balls, rubber gloves, soggy articles of clothing, shredded rafts, cardboard boxes, broken paddles and more.

After spending the afternoon on the Boise River, the Stringdusters performed at the Knit-ting Factory, where the band will play again on Saturday, Feb. 13.

“We were trying to raise awareness of our American rivers and what a difference picking up a little trash will make,” said fiddle player Jeremy Garrett. “It seems like common sense, but we were out there to set a good example. I was very proud to be part of it.”

Garrett has a special place in his heart for the Boise River because he grew up in Caldwell. He learned to ski at Bogus Basin, met his high-school sweetheart-now-wife at Caldwell High School, and attended more than one Weiser Fiddle Festival. His love for the fiddle began at 3 years old, when his bluegrass-playing dad taught him to play the violin by ear. Garrett’s father would hum a tune and Garrett would play along on his fiddle. He joined the high school orchestra, went to college in Texas for music and came back to Idaho to play in a bluegrass band with his dad for eight years.

Around 2005, Garrett left for Nashville, where he met the friends who would eventually make up The Infamous Stringdusters: Andy Hall on Do-

bro, Andy Falco on guitar, Travis Book on double bass and Chris Pandolfi on banjo.

“Eventually, we all wanted to live somewhere else,” Garrett said. “Two guys live in Denver, one guy in North Carolina, one guy in Long Island. My wife and I sold our house and bought an RV, and we live in that.”

Garrett’s “RV” is not the typical golden-brown Fleetwood Bounder. It’s a 34-foot International Truck chassis with a cab that looks like a semi hauler.

“It’s super classy,” Garrett said. “It makes living in an RV pretty mellow. We figured if we sell our house, we want to be comfortable. We have our travel partner, Bonnie. She’s the sweetest cat you’ll meet.”

Garrett has drawn inspiration from his time on the road. He started a solo project and created The RV Sessions, an album recorded entirely in the RV.

He writes songs about travel-ing across the country and visiting national parks. Soon, he’ll point his RV north and head to Boise to reunite with the rest of his band. Boise is only the fourth stop in the Stringdusters’ Ladies and Gentleman tour, behind

their sixth studio album, Ladies and Gentlemen (Compass Records) released Feb. 5.

Despite scattering across the country, the band only needs a quick run-through of its material during soundcheck. Garrett said they occasionally rent a cabin and get together for a few days on “retreat” to write new material.

The idea for the new album came about on one such recent retreat. Besides the core String-duster group, the record also includes the voices of several female singers, including Joan Osborne, Sara Watkins, Joss Stone, Lee Ann Womack, Celia Woodsmith and Jennifer Hartswick. Some of them will join the Stringdusters as they tour through the end of June.

“We have a mixture of that throwback country style alongside a younger sound more on the forefront of bluegrass,” Garrett said. “[Putting the album together] was a feat, I will tell you. Some-times we had to record the track but the singer couldn’t be there, so she’d have to record her part of it later and edit it in.”

Garrett said he’s excited to push the edge of his genre. The Infamous Stringdusters go so far as to describe themselves on their website as the “future of bluegrass.”

“Some people in bluegrass get real serious about trying to preserve a sound. It becomes more of a preservation society, instead of becoming something new. Then it dies,” Garrett said. “A lot of us have paid our dues in the bluegrass music world. We’ve run the gamut of tradition. Now we are bringing in a contemporary sound, something new and artistic. I think that’s the future of it.”

Garrett looks forward to returning to Boise and showing off his new material to family and friends.

“I can’t wait to get out to Boise again. It’s kind of like my hometown,” he said. “If there’s enough time, maybe I could sneak up there to Bogus. I love that mountain. I haven’t been back there in a long time.”

The Infamous Stringdusters will debut their newest album, Ladies and Gentlemen, at the Knitting Factory on Saturday, Feb. 13. Fiddle player Jeremy Garrett calls it the “future of bluegrass.”

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THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS

With The Kitchen Dwellers; Saturday, Feb. 13; doors at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m.; $15-

$45. Knitting Factory Concert House, 416 S. Ninth St. Get tickets at the Record Exchange,

1-866-468-7624 and ticketweb.com.

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WEDNESDAYFEB. 10COUNTRY CLUB—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

DALE CAVANAUGH—6 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow

LLOYD AND BECKY BLAKE—6 p.m. FREE. Sofia’s

MICHAEL RAY—6 p.m. FREE. Gelato

RIDERS IN THE SKY—9 p.m. $27.50-$39.50 adv., $30-$42 door. Egyptian

RYAN WISSINGER—9 p.m. FREE. Varsity Pub

STEVE EATON—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

THURSDAYFEB. 11DAVE MANION AND BERNIE REILLY—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

ELISE NICOLE AND TISPER—8 p.m. FREE. Reef

FREE PEOPLES—9:30 p.m. FREE. Liquid

FRIM FRAM FOUR—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

GRACE POTTER—With Eliza Hardy Jones. 8 p.m. $29.50-$70. Knitting Factory

MASS GOTHIC—The band formerly known as Hooray for Earth, with new mystery band Mazed. 7 p.m. $8 adv., $10 door. Neurolux

ROBERT JAMES—9 p.m. FREE. Varsity Pub

FRIDAYFEB. 124TH ANNUAL CLUMSY FEST—7:30 p.m. $7. Hannah’s

THE FABULOUS CHANCELLORS VALENTINE’S BALL—8 p.m. $25. Riverside Hotel Grand Ballroom

JEREMY PARRISH—7:30 p.m. FREE. The District

JOSHUA TREE—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

MICHAELA FRENCH—7 p.m. FREE. High Note

MODERN CLASSICS: BOISE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA—Featuring The Chimera Duo. 6:30 p.m. $5-$15 adv., $5-$18 door. Sapphire

REX MILLER AND RICO WEIS-MAN—5:30 p.m. FREE. Berryhill

ROTATING LIVE DJS—9 p.m. FREE. Fatty’s

RYAN WISSINGER—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

SPENCER BATT—8 p.m. FREE. Piper

A TASTY JAMM—7 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s

TRACTOR BEAM—7 p.m. FREE. Sockeye-Cole

TREBELLE PIANO TRIO: LA BELLE ÉPOQUE—Violinist Jennifer Dunn, cellist Heidi Nagel and pia-nist Robyn Wells perform music by French composers Claude Debussy and Ernest Chausson. 7:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Jewett Auditorium, The College of Idaho

ZOSO: THE ULTIMATE LED ZEP-PELIN TRIBUTE—With Vault7 and 57 Heavy. 7:30 p.m. $20-$35. Knitting Factory

SATURDAYFEB. 13

4TH ANNUAL CLUMSY FEST—7:30 p.m. $7. Hannah’s

BLIND MICE—9 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s

CASEY DUBIE AND FLANNEL GRAPH—8 p.m. $5. Flying M Cof-feegarage

CHUCK SMITH TRIO WITH NICOLE CHRISTENSEN—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

CLAY MOORE—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

CYMRY—6 p.m. FREE. Schnitzel Garten

DJ YOUNG SICK BACCHUS—11 p.m. FREE. Neurolux

DJ ZUZ—9 p.m. FREE. Fatty’s

MUSIC GUIDE

Grace Potter is a rock star. She has been for a long

Vermont-born tomboy to really own it. Now the

Midnight (Holly-

Midnight

soulful vocals are center stage, showcasing both

goes the full Monty on Midnight

that comes with it.

just way, way, way stronger than I thought I was,

Potter’s new self-awareness. Where before she

the guys, Popper was a co-conspirator in Potter’s

Yet even as Potter was forging her own path, she was struggling with the responsibilities of be-

meant I was very much trying to please everyone,

in the way of artistic growth or experimentation. Potter

other musicians, but it might not have gone over well with

in part, an offer eight years ago

“At a certain point, it’s like these aren’t my chil-

the ship but I was constantly shucking it off on other people or other situations or other creative opportunities, or it just felt better to not take it all

was it a huge commercial breakthrough, it show-

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a salty, crass, mean motherfucker, but I’m also

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-ence for Potter, but she’s come

through having a big mouth. Once you put your foot in your mouth enough times you

Potter relates it to the scene in American Beauty

GRACE POTTER AND THE MAGIC OF MIDNIGHT

The ‘salty’ rocker listens to herself and tunes into the truth for solo project

CHRIS PARKER

Grace Potter on growing as an artist: “I’ve figured out something about myself: I’m just way, way, way stron-ger than I thought I was, and I’m way more tuned in to what the truth is.”

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GRACE POTTER With Eliza Hardy Jones. Thursday, Feb. 1, doors 7 p.m., show 8 p.m.,

$29.50-$70. Knitting Factory, 416 S. Ninth St., 208-367-1212,

bo.knittingfactory.com.

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FOUL WEATHER—With Aged Ex-Champion. 10 p.m. $5. Reef

FRANK MARRA—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

GALLOWS BOUND AND ALEX RICHARDS BAND—9 p.m. $TBA. The Shredder

THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUST-ERS—With The Kitchen Dwellers. 8 p.m. $15-$45. Knitting Factory

JEREMY STEWART—7 p.m. FREE. Reef

JUDDSON CONSTANTINE—7:30 p.m. FREE. The District

KEN HARRIS AND CARMEL CROCK—6 p.m. FREE. Sofia’s

RYAN WISSINGER—8 p.m. FREE. Piper

THE SMITES: A SMITHS EXPERI-ENCE—7 p.m. $7 adv., $9 door. Neurolux

TAUGE AND FAULKNER—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

THIS END UP—7 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s

ULTRA VIOLENT RAYS—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s

WILLISON ROOS—With Charlie Burry on fiddle. 7 p.m. FREE. Shangri-La

SUNDAYFEB. 14BLAZE AND KELLY—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

JEREMY STEWART—7 p.m. FREE. Reef

LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON WITH ELLIE SHAW QUARTET—4 p.m. $10-$12 adv., $12-$15 door. Sapphire

NOCTURNUM LIVE INDUSTRIAL DJ’S—10 p.m. FREE. Liquid

SMOOTH AVENUE—6 p.m. $19.95-$34.95. The Playhouse

MONDAYFEB. 151332 RECORDS PUNK MON-DAY—9 p.m. FREE. Liquid

JOHNNY SHOES—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

JUKEBOX THE GHOST—With The Family Crest. 7 p.m. $13 adv., $15 door. Reef

OPEN MIC—7 p.m. FREE. High Note

OPEN MIC WITH CRAIG SLOVER—6:30-9:30 p.m. FREE. Gelato

OPEN MIC WITH REBECCA SCOTT AND ROB HILL—8 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

TUESDAYFEB. 16CHRIS MERKLEY—7 p.m. FREE. Sockeye-Cole

KEN HARRIS AND CARMEL CROCK—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

OPEN MIC—7 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s

RADIO BOISE TUESDAY: SEAN ROWE—With Ryan Hondo. 7 p.m. $10. Neurolux

THE RINGTONES—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

TEN TWO—7 p.m. FREE. High Note

UNCLE CHRIS—5:30 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s

V E N U E S Don’t know a venue? Visit www.boiseweekly.com for addresses, phone numbers and a map.

MUSIC GUIDE

context, I think one of the most uplifting things is to take responsibility for yourself, take charge

It’s time for Potter to embrace the hope-

fulness of Midnight

also the passenger, as well—allowing things to

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BALLET IDAHO GOES

‘ALL THE WAY’ WITH SINATRA

AND MORENine Sinatra Songs comes to Boise compliments of Twyla

Tharp and Ol’ Blue EyesGEORGE PRENTICE

A full century since his birth and 18 years since his passing, Frank Sinatra can still thrill. “The Voice” redefined popular music in the 20th century; so, it was not too surprising that in the early 1980s, in the twilight of Sinatra’s career, another icon, choreographer Twyla Tharp, chose to pair some of Sinatra’s greatest hits with modern American dance. Even Sinatra, then in his late 60s, was taken aback by the critical ac-claim of the original five Tharp interpretations, then known as the Sinatra Suite. Three decades later, the quintet has grown to nine interpretations and is known simply as Nine Sinatra Songs: “Softly, As I Leave You,” “Strangers in the Night,” “One For My Baby,” “Something Stupid,” “All the Way,” “Forget Domani,” “That’s Life” and “My Way (two versions).”

“Is Nine Sinatra Songs popular? Well, we’ve more than doubled [ticket sales] compared to where we were last year for our winter repertoire,” said Meredith Stead, marketing director for Ballet Idaho. “People who don’t attend the ballet, ever, have stopped and said, ‘Wait a minute? Sinatra? Which songs? How do I get tickets?’”

The answer is simple: hurry. It’s a sure-bet sell-out. But the challenge of securing Twyla Tharp’s OK to stage the Sinatra program has been as Sinatra himself sang in “One For My Baby”: a “long, long road.”

“We had to be ready to ask for it,” said Ballet Idaho Artistic Director Peter Anastos “I’ve been around for a long time, and I’m proud of my company. And, quite simply, I was ready to ask.”

That inquiry coincided with a fall 2015 visit to Ballet Idaho from John Selya, American Ballet

Theatre choreographer and, himself, an acclaimed performer (Selya was nominated for a Tony Award for Tharp’s Broadway production Movin’ Out).

“For Peter to ask us about a Tharp production and, particularly, Nine by Sinatra, shows great taste. It recognizes that he wants quality work,” said Selya. “These Sinatra pieces are a match made in heaven. When you first heard about it, you may have thought, ‘Hmmm. Odd bedfellows.’ But it works, I never get tired of it. Twyla’s ballet doesn’t just echo the lyrics of the song. She adds

something, reflecting the feeling without imitating the words.”

Selya is more than Tharp’s and the American Ballet The-atre’s liaison for Ballet Idaho’s Ballet Idaho program—he’s the director.

“This is an extraordinary commitment for Ballet Idaho,”

said Anastos. “One of the wrinkles when we finally acquired the ballet is that Twyla Tharp insists on 70 hours of rehearsal. We often don’t do that much for a full-length ballet. The complexity and depth of this program requires the time to do it right and that’s why John is here.”

It’s not as if the long shadow of Twyla Tharp doesn’t stretch from her home-base of New York City all the way to Boise.

“All these years later, she’s still an enigma to me, too,” said Selya with a laugh. “She came into my life in 1988 when I joined the American Ballet Theatre. The more I get to know, the more I don’t know her. But I know how intelligent and complicated she is. And now that I have the privilege of setting this work, I truly appreciate Twyla’s unwillingness to settle for the predictable. She’s very engaged, absolutely committed and an

absolute workaholic.”Which leads to Tharp’s unconventional

process of allowing dancers to collaborate on the construction of performance. Some legendary choreographers (hint: Jerome Robbins) who are extremely specific in every movement and as a results their ballets have never changed, long after the creator’s passing.

“When I was asked by Twyla to help interpret a dance, I really committed,” said Selya. “From now, all the way to the last steps of the last per-formance, the dancers will keep finding exciting new details. I don’t think it ever stops. You need to allow these dancers to examine their characters.

Through the course of the nine Sinatra songs, pairs express the tenderness of a split (“Softly as I Leave You”), a sexy tango (“Strangers in the Night”), the tumbling of lost-control (“One for My Baby”), the clumsiness of young love (“Some-thing Stupid”) and full-on mature passion (“All the Way”).

“You listen to Sinatra today, it’s like Beethoven: lush, juicy, deep, raw,” said Anastos.

Selya said all of the discipline required in the multiple hours of rehearsal should wash away when the curtain goes up Feb. 19 and 20.

“You won’t be aware of the technique,” he said. “But I promise you that you’ll be aware of the rapture or intelligence of a multi-faceted love.”

According to Anastos, that is coupled with all of the memories of the Sinatra songbook brought to the performance by an anticipating audience.

“Rarely does an audience bring so much to a performance,” he said. “Memories, heartbreak, love.”

To which Selya quickly added, “So come get your heart broken one more time. It will be a lovely way to spend an evening.”

Ballet Idaho’s Andrew Taft and Adrienne Kerr (right) sway to the unmistakeable music of Frank Sinatra (left).

ARTS & CULTURE

SINATRA AND MORE Friday, Feb. 19-Saturday, Feb.

20; 8 p.m.; $38-$58. Morrison Center, 2201 W. Cesar

Chavez Lane, 208-426-1609, balletidaho.org

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COMING ATTRACTIONSSun Valley Film Festival is a

showcase of tomorrowGEORGE PRENTICE

The Sun Valley Film Festival, poised to enter its fifth iteration, has evolved into a show-case for the art of filmmaking as much as the art form itself. This year’s festival, slated for Tuesday, March 2 through Sunday, March 6, features the work of Oscar winners Morgan Freeman, Jeremy Irons, Helen Mirren, Robert Redford and Oliver Stone, but offers equal promise from tomorrow’s Oscar winners.

“It’s become an ultimate yet intimate event,” said SVFF Director Candice Pate. “When we started offering unique access to some of the industry’s filmmakers just three years ago, it took off.”

Giving Idaho film fans face-time with Jodie Foster, Bruce Dern, Clint Eastwood, as well as screenwriters, directors and producers of top films, has strengthened the festival’s credibility.

“Remember how it is now,” Foster cau-tioned 2013 SVFF attendees. “Years from now, the lines may be longer and you’ll think back. But it will always be about people who love movies.”

SVFF’s waiting lines are nowhere near the queues at many other festivals, but the popu-larity of so-called “coffee talks,” filmmaker salons and exclusive previews of works-in-progress separate Sun Valley from the pack of other festivals.

“We designed those coffee talks and salons to be little gems. But now, in their third year, people say, ‘Holy smoke. We have to get in on those,’” said Pate.

At the heart of this year’s SVFF is a slate of more than 60 movies, crafted by festival programmer Laura Mehlhaff, who says she’s always looking for a unique blend of film while celebrating diversity.

“You might find an obscure film that you might not have a chance to see anywhere else. But you’ll also preview an amazing film that might actually screen at the Flicks in Boise,” said Mehlhaff, referring to the Treasure Val-ley’s go-to screen showcase for Oscar winners, documentaries and foreign films.

Among this year’s slate are: Eye in the Sky, a provocative Kubrick-esque black comedy with elements of serious drama detailing a top-secret drone warfare operation. Eye in the Sky

stars Helen Mirren, Idaho native Aaron Paul and Alan Rickman in his final film appearance. I Saw the Light is the musical biography of country music star Hank Williams starring Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen and Bradley Whitford. Louder Than Bombs is a family reunion drama starring Gabriel Byrne, Isabelle Huppert and Jesse Eisenberg. Miles Ahead is the much-anticipated biopic about jazz legend Miles Davis, written, directed and starring

Don Cheadle. The Man Who Knew Infinity stars Jeremy Irons and Dev Patel in the true story of a young Indian man who rises from poverty to be one of the greatest minds of his genera-tion.

Documentaries include: American Epic, narrated by Robert Redford, chronicles a 1920s project to record raw expression of emerging American cultures. Can We Take a Joke? features the talent of Gilbert Gottfried and Lisa Lampanelli about politically incorrect humor. The Story of God features Morgan Freeman exploring creation, evil and miracles.

SVFF will also serve as a platform for emerging filmmakers such as Christian Ly-brook, whose previous efforts were tied directly to the festival. In 2012, Lybrook said he was ready to give up his dream of pursuing a career

in film when he decided to give what he called “one last try” and secured a SVFF slot for his short, Idaho-based film Crawlspace.

“Somebody came up to me and asked, ‘What are you doing at the festival?’ I was apologetic and felt like a bit of a fraud when I said I had a little film in Sun Valley,” Lybrook said. “But they said, ‘So, you’re a filmmaker.’ It hit me. And I said, ‘Wow. Yes. Yes I am a filmmaker.”

A year ago, Lybrook won SVFF’s inaugural One Potato screenwriting award for his script of a short film titled Carbon. In addition to a $2,500 prize, Lybrook received the priceless honor of a premiere slot at this year’s edition of SVFF.

“The value of that is immeasurable,” he said. “Who knows what the future of the film beyond the festival might be?”

Mehlhaff, who co-produced the film with Lybrook while working double-duty as the festival’s programmer, said the One Potato ini-tiative also came with some amazing contacts for Lybrook.

“The Sun Valley Film Festival is quite rich in friends—if not in money, then in our friends of the festival,” she said. “Some of the industry’s hottest filmmakers have been mentoring Christian this past year. Trust me, the value of One Potato is much more than a check. It’s opportunity.”

Clockwise from top left: The Man Who Knew Infinity, starring Jeremy Irons and Dev Patel; Eye in the Sky, with Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul and the late-Alan Rickman; I Saw the Light, a Hank Williams biopic starring Tom Hiddleston;

Miles Ahead, with Don Cheadle as jazz icon Miles Davis; and The Story of God, featuring Morgan Freeman.

SUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL

Tuesday, March 2- Sunday, March 6

sunvalleyfimfestival.org

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BLACK GOLDBoise restaurants and

farmers explore the magic of black garlic

TARA MORGAN

While some snack on raw cloves like candy, oth-ers find its sharp bite and strong odor overpow-ering. However, the love-it and loathe-it camps unite when it comes to black garlic, an umami-packed super-ingredient famous for its complex molasses and aged balsamic vinegar flavors.

Black garlic is made by placing a whole head of garlic in a temperature- and humidity-controlled environment for an extended period of time. While some use a rice cooker, others, like Peaceful Belly farm’s Josie Erskine, wrap the garlic heads in paper and foil, then leave them in a dehydrator for a month at 130 degrees Fahrenheit. What emerges is totally trans-formed. Tar-black with a chewy texture, it has the complexity of a fine wine and none of the characteristic pungency of raw garlic.

“It has a very, very sweet taste, like a jam would,” said Erskine. “But it has the qualities of a caramelized, very high-end balsamic vinegar with the aftertaste of very mild roasted garlic.”

Erskine is experimenting with creating a more sustainable preparation method so she can sell black garlic at the Boise Farmers Market in August. She’ll sell the cloves for $30 a pound, which is about 10 heads. In the meantime, you can sample black garlic at a few Boise-area restaurants, where chefs are utilizing the wonder ingredient in interesting ways.

At The Modern Hotel and Bar, Chef Nate Whitley uses black garlic to enrich an earthy shiitake mushroom kombu he ladles over seared sablefish with lentils and preserved lemon. The

Modern also uses black garlic on its brunch menu in a beef demi-glace served with cauli-flower grits, greens and a medium-rare steak.

“It’s a really natural pairing because it enhances something that’s already rich,” said Whitley.

Though Whitley once made his own black garlic in a dehydrator with “relatively good suc-cess,” he now sources the ingredient online. He says the concentrated flavor is unparalleled.

“You get a dark, caramely flavor—almost like a root beer flavor, really,” said Whitley. “It just makes the flavor a lot more sweet and complex. And it looks really awesome, too. It’s black and the texture is kind of tacky and sticky.”

Chef Kris Komori at State and Lemp is also a big fan of black garlic, saying he loves the “sweet, minerally, almost metallic flavor that it

brings forward.” For the past two weeks, the res-taurant has featured black garlic croutons made from dehydrated microwave cake on its late-night supper club menu.

“We use it a lot,” said Komori. “Often it comes up in a puree with a bit of squid ink to emphasize the black color. It’s great with so many other ingredients as well: pork, duck, red tannic fruits.”

Erskine said her family likes to keep it simple when it comes to black garlic. They slather it on toast, sometimes using half a head in one sitting.“I think it’s a really interesting product for people to try,” said Erskine. “It’s fascinating to me the flavor that comes out. You’re not doing anything—you’re taking the full head and when you pull it out, you get this flavor that tastes like huge manipulation. So it’s magic.”

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THE LIFT 2 AND WILDFLOUR BAKERY OPENBoise State students can now lift their spirits at The Lift 2 (1010 S. La

Pointe St.), the second outpost of the iconic State Street pub, which opens Wednesday, Feb. 10 at 11 a.m.

“When the new Lusk neighborhood started coming up and they built all the student housing back there on La Pointe, it seemed like a natural fit,” said owner Jason Kovac, who also owns Whiskey Bar, Tom Grainey’s, Crowbar, Silly Birch and, of course, the original Lift.

The Lift 2 takes it menu, as well as its name, from its older sibling.“I’ve got to be solid with my brand. … Same fish tacos, same everything,”

said Kovac. “We’re going to be playing with different daily specials and dif-ferent things because we’re right by the campus.”

Fans of The Lift’s vine-draped patio will also find something familiar.“There is going to be a really cool front and back patio, as beautiful as

the one out on State Street—maybe even nicer—but we can’t do that until it dries out and thaws out and we can pour concrete,” said Kovac. “So we’ll

probably break ground on that around May 1.”On the back patio, sports fans will be able to watch the game on an

adjacent brick wall.“We want to close down the street and do block parties back there and

really get involved with the students,” said Kovac.In other opening news, on Feb. 1, local cookie creator Mary Cogswell

opened a sleek, modern storefront location for her popular Wildflour Bak-ery in Garden City (304 E. 42nd St.).

Founded in 1992 in the North End, Wildflour Bakery has long sold its small-batch cookies, muffins, cake breads, granola and other specialty items at the Boise Co-op and Whole Foods Market.

Now, fans can snag Cogswell’s addictively delicious sweet treats—like salted chocolate chip cookies and baked apple donuts—along with specialty Flying M espresso drinks and house-made sodas Monday through Saturday, 6:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

—Tara Morgan

NEBBIOLOThe Piemonte varieties Dolcetto and

Barbera have their charm, but it’s Nebbiolo that is the region’s premier grape. It forms the basis for two of Italy’s most famous wines: Barbaresco and Barolo. With their firm tannic structure, both can be a bit rough during their youth, but with time in the bottle they develop into something otherworldly. That quality comes at a price, but Nebbiolo from outside those two regions can be quite delicious as well (as this tasting proved), and at half the cost.

2011 AGRICOLA BRAN-DINI BAROLO, $40

Cherry liqueur aromas lead off, combining with spicy licorice, leather and black tea. This is a big but beautifully balanced wine with dark berry and plum fruit flavors, backed by anise, leather and vel-vety tannins. While deli-cious now, it will improve for years to come.

2014 BENEVELLI PIERO LANGHE NEBBIOLO, $19

The aromas are a light but intriguing mix of earth, smoke, mushroom and cherry cola. On the plush palate you get ripe cherry and strawberry playing against tart rhubarb and cranberry. The finish is long and smooth with a kiss of oak and soft tan-nins. Made with grapes from younger vines than Piero’s Barolo, making for an exceptional value.

2012 PRODUTTORI DEL BARBARESCO, $37

There’s a light touch of eucalyptus on the nose, along with soft cherry and green tea leaf. This wine is surprisingly approach-able for such a young Bar-baresco; the ripe tannins are not subtle, but they are well integrated. The core of bright cherry and plum fruit is surrounded by nuanced notes of earth, game, mineral and leather. Definitely has a bright future.

—David Kirkpatrick

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Will Heatter describes himself as a “creative dreamer that decided to jump off a cliff and chase a dream.” His life has followed a trend of the unexpected. Heatter was born in Oahu, Hawaii, and his family relocated to the Mountain Home Air Force Base when he was 14. He worked for a decade as a fisheries biologist, then left behind a 401K and a state job to open a floral shop.

With one arm decorated in a colorful sleeve tattoo, a strong passion for floral arrangements and an insane work ethic to match it, Heatter opened Flowers at Will in 2012. He shares a space near the corner of Vista Avenue and Overland Road with his partner, Nick Roundtree, who owns Nick Roundtree Real Estate.

“I never realized how special this could be,” Heatter said. “It’s pretty amazing to know the im-pact that a simple flower arrangement can make in someone’s life.”

How many flower arrangements are you working on today?

I’ve got 30 as of right now, as well as a com-pletely empty cooler because I’ve had so many walk-ins already. Valentine’s Day is about to get insane. Last year, I did 238 deliveries. Some deliv-eries had five or seven arrangements. It was a lot.

That is a lot. How many people work for you?

It’s just me. One guy answers my phone and takes down the orders. I make all the arrange-ments myself. I do the full gamut: weddings; cor-porate events for St. Luke’s, Boise State, Red Sky PR and MetaGeek; holiday parties; the day-to-day birthdays; and anniversaries.

Are you going to burn out?I don’t believe so. I don’t know if it was from

being in Hawaii and having this floral scented air around me that just infused into my blood, but I feel that it’s just within me. I’ve been in a dream lately because I feel like I’m where I’m supposed to be in life.

Moving from Hawaii to Mountain Home, was your dad in the military?

Yeah. We went from ocean to Christmas trees in our front yard. I was not a good kid when we moved here. Full of trouble. But I grew to fall in love with Boise like everyone else. Went away for

college then started my career with Idaho Fish and Game working at the Eagle Fish Hatchery, raising endangered sockeye salmon.

I was doing weddings on the side, as a creative hobby and an outlet. Then when I was making more money doing weddings on the weekend, I decided it was time. There was something in me that needed to be lit, needed to be explored.

I met my partner, Nick, around then. One day, he pulled me in the alley behind Craig and Company [the first florist Heatter worked for] with a bunch of papers. He said, ‘Sign here, here and here.’ I was like, ‘What am I signing?’ And he said, ‘You’re now the owner of Flowers at Will.’”

How do you put together flower arrange-ments this time of year, without much local stuff growing?

It’s pretty much about having connections all over the place. I get a lot of stuff from Guatemala, Alaska, Ecuador. I don’t like dealing with the everyday daisies and lilies that everybody sees. I like bringing in funky, unique and crazy things like artichokes and king proteas. I do a lot of stuff with succulents and air plants. I have tropicals that come in from Hawaii every Tuesday, all kinds of stuff from the very place I was born.

Are there any other florists in Boise doing the same thing?

Everyone else in Boise uses these five carna-tions, and these five roses, and this baby’s breath. I think we are leading the way when it comes to creating our own path and being trail blazers. People thought we were crazy for combining flowers and real estate, but it’s the perfect business plan.

Is there anything about being a florist that has surprised you most?

I never realized how intertwined into other people’s lives I am and how much a florist is trusted. There was one lady, we sent flowers to her mom for the last three months of her life. It was a flower arrangement every single day. I got to know this 90-year-old lady I would have never crossed paths with otherwise.

The very last day after she passed, I couldn’t handle it, I was so sad. All I wanted to do was go deliver another flower arrangement to her, so I did. I left it on her doorstep.

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some 1950s cars8 Like the Pantheon13 Dugout figure19 City with a Penn State

campus20 Luna’s Greek counterpart21 Stick22 Damage a St. Louis team’s

reputation?

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of Clyde27 “God forbid!”29 Ones giving the waiter a

hard time?34 Smartphone feature37 Most NPR stations

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Theron film)85 Year that Spenser’s “The

Faerie Queene” was published

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Wallace’s “The Pale King”92 Small talk93 1945 battle site, for short94 Jardin ____ Plantes (Paris

botanical garden)95 Brashness, informally97 Hollywood’s locale: Abbr.99 Gold medalist101 Jewel-heist outcome?106 It’s not busy107 Bypasses108 Major in astronomy?112 New Jersey’s state tree113 Question harshly after not

allowing to practice?118 Nevada tribe119 Past the cutoff age120 Neighborhood guide121 Pair for a pairs

competition122 Sandwich spec123 Pet-guinea-pig food,

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DOWN1 “There!”2 Settled (on)3 Teeny4 Track down5 Pro6 Suffix with elephant7 Djokovic rival8 Some orders with dessert9 Charlie Chan portrayer

Warner10 Boulogne-sur-____ (city on

the English Channel)11 Bottom of the ninth, say12 “The Bicycle Thief” director

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hostess42 Olive ____43 Schnozzola45 Kind of nerve46 Perturb47 Event that’s taking off?49 Remain undecided50 Maidenhair and others51 Feature usually near

readers’ letters52 Quick “however”57 Together, musically59 DirecTV requirement61 Rubberneck64 “Delphine” author Madame

de ____65 News flash66 Third man67 Barclays Center team68 Indian flatbread69 Nitwit70 Language that gave us

“khaki”71 Hybrid art technique75 Receive an acceptance

letter76 “My Fair Lady” composer77 Where King Saul consulted

a witch

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editor of The New Yorker87 New York Met performance

1,000+ times88 Ending with idiom or axiom90 Cut off96 Experienced with97 Like about half of all

deliveries?98 Scottish landowner100 Kind of network101 U.S.M.C. member?102 Vertically, to a sailor103 Cousins of levees

104 N’awlins sandwich105 Something easy109 Frosty coating110 Crib part111 Locale for 10 Winter

Olympics114 Something that’s charged115 Campus Greek grp.116 Dr. featured in 2015’s

“Straight Outta Compton”117 Come together

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ARIES (March 21-April 19):“Love is a fire,” declared Aries actress Joan Crawford. “But whether it’s going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.” I disagree with her conclusion. There are practical steps you can take to ensure that love’s fire warms but doesn’t burn. Start with these strategies: Suffuse your libido with compassion. Imbue your romantic fervor with empathy. Instill your animal passions and instinctual longings with affection-ate tenderness. If you catch your sexual urges driving you toward narcissists who are no damn good for you, firmly redirect those sexual urges toward emotionally intelli-gent, self-responsible beauties.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):Fifteenth-century writer Thomas a Kempis thought real love can arouse enormous fortitude in the person who loves. “Love feels no burden,” he wrote. “It attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible.” As you might imagine, the “real love” he was referring to is not the kind that’s motivated by egotism, power drives, blind lust or insecurity. I think you know what I mean, Taurus, because in the past few months you have had unprec-edented access to the primal glory that Thomas referred to. In the coming months you will have even

more. What do you plan to do with all that mojo?

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):Gemini novelist Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973) was fascinated in “life with the lid on and what happens when the lid comes off.” She knew both states from her own experi-ence. “When you love someone,” she mused about the times the lid had come off, “all your saved-up wishes start coming out.” In accordance with the astrological omens, I propose you engage in the following three-part exercise. First, identify a part of your life that has the lid tightly clamped over it. Second, visualize the suppressed feelings and saved-up wishes that might pour forth if you took the lid off. Third, do what it takes to love someone so well that you’ll knock the lid off.

CANCER (June 21-July 22):“No one has ever loved anyone the way everyone wants to be loved,” wrote author Mignon McLaughlin. I think that may be true. The gap between what we yearn for and what we actually get is never fully closed. Nevertheless, I suggest you strive to refute McLaughlin’s curse in the coming days. Why? Because you now have an enhanced capac-ity to love the people you care about in ways they want to be loved. So be experimental with your tenderness. Take the risk of going beyond what you’ve been willing or

able to give before. Trust your fertile imagination to guide your ingenious empathy.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):Here’s the counsel of French writer Anatole France: “You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by work-ing; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.” What he says is always true, but it’s especially apropos for you Leos in the coming weeks. You now have a special tal-ent for learning more about love by loving deeply, excitedly and imagi-natively. To add further nuance and inspiration, meditate on this advice from author Aldous Huxley: “There isn’t any formula or method. You learn to love by loving—by pay-ing attention and doing what one thereby discovers has to be done.”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):“I do not trust people who don’t love themselves and yet tell me, ‘I love you,’” said author Maya Angelou. She concludes: “There is an African saying: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.” With this in mind, I invite you to take inventory of the allies and rela-tives whose relationships are most important to you. How well do they love themselves? Is there anything you could do to help them upgrade their love for themselves? If their self-love is lacking, what might you do to protect yourself from that problem?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):“Only love interests me,” declared painter Marc Chagall, “and I am only in contact with things that revolve around love.” That seems like an impossibly high standard. Our daily adventures bring us into proximity with loveless messes all the time. It’s hard to focus on love to the exclusion of all other concerns, but it’s a worthy goal to strive toward Chagall’s ideal for short bursts of time. The coming weeks happen to be a favorable phase for you to do just that. Your success may be partial, but dra-matic nonetheless.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):“A coward is incapable of exhibiting love,” said Mahatma Gandhi. “It is the prerogative of the brave.” That’s my challenge to you, Scorpio. In accordance with the astrological currents, I urge you to stoke your uninhibited audacity so you can press onward toward the frontiers of intimacy. It’s not enough to be wilder, and it’s not enough to be freer. To fulfill love’s potential in the next chapter of your story, you’ve got to be wilder, freer and bolder.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):“It is not lack of love but lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages,” said Friedrich Nietzsche. He believed that if you want to join your fortunes with another’s, you should ask your-

self whether you will enjoy your conversations with this person for the next 30 years—because that’s what you’ll be doing much of the time you’re together. How do you measure up to this gold standard, Sagittarius? What role does friend-ship play in your romantic adven-tures? If there’s anything lacking, now is an excellent time to seek improvements. Start with yourself, of course. How could you infuse more camaraderie into the way you express love? What might you do to upgrade your skills as a conver-sationalist?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):“Love isn’t something you find,” says singer Loretta Lynn. “Love is something that finds you.” Singer Kylie Minogue concurs: “You need a lot of luck to find people with whom you want to spend your life. Love is like a lottery.” I think these perspectives are at best mislead-ing and at worst debilitating. They imply we have no power to shape our relationship with love. My view is different. I say there’s a lot we can do to attract intimate allies who teach us, stimulate us and ful-fill us. Like what? No. 1, We clarify what qualities we want in a partner and we make sure that those qualities are also healthy for us. No. 2, We get free of unconscious conditioning that’s at odds with our conscious values. No. 3, We work to transform ourselves into lovable collaborators who communicate

well. Anything else? What can you do to make sure love isn’t a lottery?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):“We all have the potential to fall in love a thousand times in our lifetime,” writes Chuck Klosterman. “It’s easy. But there are certain people you love who do something else; they define how you classify what love is supposed to feel like. You’ll meet maybe four or five of these people over the span of 80 years.” He concludes, “A lover like this sets the template for what you will always love about other peo-ple.” I suspect that you have either recently met or will soon meet such a person, Aquarius. Or else you are on the verge of going deeper than ever before with an ally you have known for a while. That’s why I think what happens in the next six months will put an enduring stamp on your relationship with intimacy.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):Sixteenth-century Italian poet Torquato Tasso described one of love’s best blessings. He said your lover can reunite you with “a piece of your soul that you never knew was missing.” You Pisceans are in a phase when this act of grace is more possible than usual. The revelatory boon may emerge because of the chemistry stirred up by a sparkly new affiliation. Or it may arise thanks to a familiar rela-tionship that is entering unfamiliar territory.

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54.8% Percentage of consum-ers who will celebrate Valentine’s Day 2016

(National Retail Fed-eration Valentine’s Day Consumer Spending

Survey 2016)

$146.84Average amount per

person that will be spent on flowers, jewelry,

candy and apparel on Valentine’s Day

(NRF)

$19.7 BILLION

Total anticipated spend-ing in celebration of

Valentine’s Day

(NRF)

$1.9 BILLIONAnticipated amount that will be spent on flowers in 2016 during Valen-

tine’s Day

(NRF)

15.4%Percentage of Valentine’s

Day shoppers who will frequent a small, locally-

owned retail store

(NRF)

111.9 MILLION

Number of Super Bowl 50 viewers

(Hollywood Reporter)

13.18 MILLION

Number of YouTube views of Beyonce’s offi-

cial video for “Formation” since its release Feb. 6

(YouTube)

74 MILLION- 96 MILLIONEstimated number of domestic cats in the

United States

(ASPCA)

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DEAR MINERVA,I’m a widow nearing 60. I have a crush on a single man

I’ve known for a long time. I’m feeling obsessed with him and trying to control myself, with limited results. I text him several times a day, and he reciprocates and even initiates. The prob-lem is he’s had some bad relationships and lost all trust in women. While he says I’d be a “great wife,” he doesn’t want to get hurt again. He wants to be “just the best friends forever.” How can I get more from this wonderful man?

—Sexy Sixty

DEAR SEXY SIXTY,Once upon a time there was a blonde bombshell. She

fell in love with a guy. He took her to a dance. He was kind, but he was never going to love her in the way she wanted. Fast forward many years. They are still incredibly close friends, and the blonde bombshell is grateful nothing more happened because instead of a short-lived fling, the friend-ship has endured. If you hadn’t guessed, I’m that blonde bombshell and thankful he is part of my life to this day. Just as your heart wants what it wants, so does his. Decide if you can bear nothing more than friendship. If not, it’s OK to walk away. You can’t make anyone love you—but sometimes friendship plants the seeds of love.

VALENTINE’S DAY GIFTSIf you’re looking to get closer to your

loved one this Valentine’s Day, here are a few items that just might help.

Get connected with the Red Heart-Shaped Lovers Mitten, which is what it sounds like: a heart with a hole for your hand and the hand of your lover. Your entwined mitts will stay warm and, next to buying a billboard, it’s the

best way to broadcast your love to passersby. Find it on Etsy for $18.But maybe hand-holding doesn’t get you close enough. So snag a

couple of Snuggies—the blankets with sleeves As Seen On TV—and get a copy of The Snuggie Sutra on amazon.com. According to the back cover, the illustrated guide “covers important topics like how to convince your partner to bring a Snuggie into the bedroom.” For only $12.99, The Snuggie Sutra will take cuddling to the next level.

Still not feeling that connection? Then try a pair of Fundies, “the underwear built for two.” Fundies are made with four leg holes and room for two derrieres—so you’re always facing your lover in the clos-est (and, possibly, most awkward) position possible. This two-in-one deal is only $9.99 on ShopInPrivate.com. Combine all of the above for a Valentine’s Day (and night) neither of you will forget.

—Jessica Murri

FROM THE BW POLL VAULTWhat’s your ideal Valentine’s Day?

Netflix and chill: 42.86%

Oysters and Champagne: 14.29%

Screw Valentine’s Day:14.29%

Dinner and a movie: 7.14%

We don’t do Valentine’s Day: 7.14%

Staying in on Valentine’s Day: 7.14%

Going out on the town: 7.14%

Spend the evening with friends: 0%

Disclaimer: This onl ine pol l is not intended to be a sci -ent i f ic sample of local , statewide or nat ional opinion.

RECORD EXCHANGE TOP 10

1. “BLACKSTAR,” DAVID BOWIE

2.“CAYAMO SESSIONS AT SEA,” BUDDY MILLER

3. “25,” ADELE

4. “SLOW NIGHTS,” INNOCENT MAN

5. “THE ASTONISHING,” DREAM THEATER

6. “TRUMPET VINE,” BELINDA BOWLER

7. “MARGUERITE,” SONS OF GUNS

8. “SERMON ON THE ROCKS,” JOSH RITTER

9. “ “LET ME GET BY,” TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND

10.“TRAVELLER,” CHRIS STAPLETON

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